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UNITED NATIONS: Stepping up the pressure on the Afghan Taliban, the UN Security Council has called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban on women attending universities or working for humanitarian ...

LAHORE -Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) has trained more than 8,600 women this year across 27 districts in Punjab under women’s livestock training management (WTLM). A spokesperson of the Fund Tuesday stated the PSDF continues its community-based skill training program, ...

GENEVA: The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted on Tuesday, condemning their ‘terrible’ consequences. “No country can develop — indeed survive — socially and economically with half its population ...

DUBAI: An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without one since anti-government protests began. Iran has been swept by ...

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has declared the grant of judicial powers to the provincial anti-harassment ombudsperson for deciding women’s property issues unconstitutional and asked the government for “appropriate” legislation on the matter. Justice Syed Arshad Ali of a single-member ...